Cattle-guard



(No Model.) l f B. WOLHAUBTER.

CATTLE GUARB.

10.505,866- Patented 001;. 3,1893. i

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BENJAMI VOLHAUPTER,

CATTLE- PATENT OFFICE.

OF OAK PARK, ILLINOIS.

GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 505,866, dated October 3, 1893.

Application filed April 18, 1892.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN WOLHAUPT- ER, a subject of' the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Oak Park,.county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cattle-Guardsl and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of railway cattle guards known as surface guards and it has for its primary object to provide the guard rails of the grating composing the guard with a stilening flange at or near the upper edge of the rail. It consists in-a coinbination of devices and appliances hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings Figure l is a cross section of the grating composing my guard. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of a portion of' one of the guard rails. Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are cross sections of the various forms of guard rails which might be used.

In carrying out my invention A represents the guard rails of my guard arranged preferably parallel with the track rails and with each other. These guard rails are placed in an inclined position as shown with the upper edge of one rail overhanging the lower edge of the adjacent rail.

B are the tie rods or bars engaging the guard bars andl holding them in position.

B are spacing blocks or plates placed between the guard rails to keep them the proper distance apart.

C isa strengthening rib extending along the guard bar at or near the upper edge. This strengthening rib may be provided in various ways, and I have herein shown six forms of guard rails in which it is employed.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the guard rail A is a flat piece of metal placed in an inclined position. The strengthening rib is in the form of a ange extending substantially at right angles from the rail, a short distance belowthe upper edge. In this construction the rib is made Serial No. 429,529. (No model.)

integral with the guard rail that is the rail as originally rolled is provided with the rib.

In Fig. 3 the rib is shown in the form of a strip of angleiron D riveted or otherwise fastened to the guard rail.

In Fig. 4 is shown the metal bent or doubled on itself to forni the strengthening flange.

In Fig. 5 the guard rail itself is in the form of an angle iron with the strengthening rib formed by another angle iron E riveted or otherwise fastened to the short leg of the guard rail. Where the latter form of construction is employed the strengthening flange may be in the form of a right angle iron so that the upper projecting edge e will be in the same plane as the guard rail as in Fig. 5 or it may be in the form of an obtuse angle iron so that the projecting flange e will be substantially vertical, as in Fig. 6. So also where the rolled form of guard rail is used as in Fig. l the two flanges need not necessarily be at right angles to each other but may form an acute angle as in Fig. 7 or an obtuse angle as in Fig. 8.

The different forms of construction shown may of' course be varied, the primary object being to provide the guard rail with a stiening flange which while performing the office ot' a stiftener will at the saine time provide an additional flange with which the feet or legs of the animal will come in contact when it attempts to cross.

What I claim is- I. Arailway cattle guard composed of a sories of substantiallyparallel guard rails bound together in the form of a grating said guard rails being provided below their upper edge with a stiffening rib or fiange substantially as described.

2. A railway cattle guard composed of a series of substantially parallel guard rails bound together in the form of a grating, said guard rails being in an inclined position and provided with a strengthening rib or flange adjacent to and below the upper edge substantially as described. f

3. A railway cattle guard composed of a series of guard rails bound together in the form of a grating, said rails being in an inclined position and provided below the upper edge with a strengthening rib or flange, which projeeting at an angle therefrom substantially jects at right angles from the body of the as described.

guard rail substantially as described. In testimony whereof I sign this specifica- 4. A railway cattle guard composed of a seyA tion in the presence of two Witnesses.

5 ries of guard rails bound together in the form BENJAMIN WOLHAUPTER.

of a grating, said rails formed of a single piece Witnesses: of metal with one upwardlyprojecting edge W. H. CHAMBERLIN,

or flange and with another edge or Han ge pro- `GEORGE HANSEN. 

